The annual Museum Day Live! event allows museums nationwide to emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities, which offer free admission every day, as does the National Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhttan, a branch of the Smithsonian.

New for 2017, Museum Day Live! is partnering with Microsoft to create special interactive lesson plans using Minecraft: Education Edition. Participating museums can download the lesson plans to enhance the Museum Day Live! experience at their facility.

The Minecraft: Education Edition extensions will be based on Smithsonian materials and will be available for download by museums on August 1 on the Museum Day Live! website. Following the event, Microsoft will provide schools with access to the Minecraft: Education Edition extensions.

Your Smithsonian Museum Day Live! ticket will be e-mailed, and you must print it and bring it with you for free entry. Each ticket is good for two people, and does not include special exhibits, parking or showings such as IMAX.

NYCOTC tip: if you are a group of more than two, register with different email addresses for the two-ticket limit. Whether you are part of group or not, go early in the day, since museums have the right to make you wait in favor of paying customers if space reaches capacity.

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